USS Duluth (LPD-6)
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For other ships with the same name, see USS Duluth.
USS Duluth (LPD-6), an Austin-class amphibious transport dock, is the second ship of the United States Navy named for the city in Minnesota.
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USS Duluth in 2004 | |
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United States | |
Name | Duluth |
Namesake | Duluth, Minnesota |
Ordered | 21 September 1961 |
Laid down | 18 December 1963 |
Launched | 14 August 1965 |
Commissioned | 18 December 1965 |
Decommissioned | 13 October 2005 |
Stricken | 28 September 2005 |
Homeport | San Diego, California |
Identification | Hull number: LPD-6 |
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Nickname(s) | Dirty D or Dulucifier-"A billion dead spirits with hammers of hell pass through the waters ringing evils bell". |
Fate | Scrapped in 2014 |
Notes | One of the anchors is now in Duluth, Minnesota on display. |
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General characteristics | |
Class and type | Austin-class amphibious transport dock |
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Draft | 22 ft 0 in (6.7 m) maximum |
Speed | 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) |
Troops | about 600 |
Complement | 101 officers, 1,337 enlisted |
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Duluth was laid down on 18 December 1963 by the New York Naval Shipyard. She was launched on 14 August 1965 and commissioned on 18 December 1965. She was the last ship to be launched from the Brooklyn Navy Yard before it was closed.